The open-air IR Simulator and Target Array (ISTAR) system was developed for the Electronic Combat Range at China Lake Naval Base. The IR Simulator consists of ten trailer-based liquid-propane flame sources that are configured and sequentially operated to simulate surface-to-air missile signatures. Target or detector arrays are mounted in front of the sources for declaration and monitoring of the Directional Infrared Countermeasures (DIRCM) beam and verification of the DIRCM waveform. Infrared bands I, II, and IV are monitored simultaneously at a 100 kHz sampling rate, with real-time data processing utilizing state-of-the-art Field Programmable Gate Array technology. The IR Simulator sources are remotely controlled via an RF modem communication system (2 km range).

Infrared Source Trailer

IR Target Array Simulator Demo

For more information please download Infrared/Ultraviolet Simulators and Related Systems Fact Sheet (PDF).